Re: Destructive criticism of Christian apologists

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Sun, 17 May 1998 17:08:02 -0500

At 06:50 AM 5/17/98 -0500, Ron Chitwood wrote:
>>>> I will only applaud when conservative
>Christians cease running from observation, and liberal christians cease
>surrendering historicity in what should be the word of God.<<<
>
>Glenn, have you read "Creation and Evolution" by Alan Hayward? Copyright
>1985

Not only have I read it, I reviewed a chapter or two for Alan PRIOR to its
publication. My best claim to fame is from this book where in the
acknowledgements you will find my name sitting next to Fred Hoyle's name. :-)

Alan sent me a copy of the book as thanks, and unfortunately, I didn't read
the rest of it until 1993 where I first learned of the Days of Proclamation
theory. I credit Alan's book for helping me through my crisis of faith.
Without that Days of Proclamation I might have become an atheist. I
modified the view to fit better the geologic data. But I am under a
tremendous intellectual debt to Alan for his work.

>
>>>>> So are you saying that it is OK to teach incorrect facts? James 3:1
>says
>> that teachers are held to a stricter standard. <<<<<
>
>Macroevolutionists do this all the time. "Ontogeny recapitulates
>Phylogeny" is STIll taught in some places. The same brush you use to
>denigrate christian apologists can be used on macroevolutionists, too.
>

So this justifies us in teaching falsehood? How many children do you have?
Would you let your kids tell you that it is ok to take drugs because so
many of their friends do it? Would you feel that they could tell you that
it is ok to lie because politicians lie all the time? You appear to think
that it is alright to sink to the lower standards of others. I gather this
because I have seen you repeatedly use the "Their mother lets them" defence
over and over.

glenn

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